Tuesday, Jan. 29
CONTENT: we went over the inverted pyramid, looking at various stories on the screen. Then we had an in-class lab, converting the Snow White fairy tale into inverted pyramid news style.
ASSIGNMENTS: The homework assignment of Questions, 1, 3, 5 on pages 147 – 148 was due. Anybody who still would like to get points for this, please bring it to class this Tuesday.
Thursday, Jan. 31
CONTENT: we discussed the 2-part California Primary assignment in great detail. Nomi explained how news organizations cover elections on very tight deadlines. Some reporters write the bottom half of their stories in advance. Some write two alternate leads in advance as a skeleton structure on which to put the actual material when the results are known. Everybody told which polling station they will go to for interviews. We heard examples of questions and of photo and graphic ideas. We then had a role play of a reporter asking a voter questions. And finally, we compared two set-up pieces and two news coverage pieces related to the primary elections, looking for the angle, the lead and the nut graph.
ASSIGNMENTS: The Snow White inverted pyramid assignment which was begun on Tuesday, was due on Thursday. Latest date that Snow White will be accepted is: Tuesday, Feb. 12.
- The California Primary set-up piece is due on Tuesday, Feb. 5th. The California primary news coverage piece is due on Thursday, Feb. 7th.
QUIZ: There will be an open-book, in class quiz on Tuesday, Feb. 5th. Please bring your AP stylebook and your Carole Rich textbook. For preparation, please read Chapter 6 on grammar.
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